Laceby Primitive Methodist society dates from 1837. A chapel measuring 36′ x 23′ was opened in 1838 when the society paid £21 for 100 sq.yards. Thanks were due to Mr Robert Markham for his unwearied exertions. Opening speakers included Messrs King, Speed, Knowles & FN Jersey, who described the opening in the Primitive Methodist magazine. Does the building still exist?
The attendance at Primitive Methodist services in Laceby on Sunday 30th March 1851 was morning service 40, afternoon service 60, evening service 100.
The Caistor Road chapel in the picture was built in 1877. The 1878 Primitive Methodist magazine contains a note of the opening of the new Primitive Methodist chapel at Laceby in the Grimsby Second circuit. “Our old friend, Councillor Ellis of Grimsby bought some property in the place and at once offered an excellent site to the friends.” The property cost around £1,100 of which half had been raised.
The chapel served until 1955. After closure it became a Youth Centre. Google Street View in 2010 shows it as the Scout HQ.
Reference
Primitive Methodist magazine 1839 page 134
Primitive Methodist magazine 1878 page 571
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I’ve added Simon Dolby’s pictures of the trowel presented to C Coates at the laying of a memorial stone at the chapel
My mother has in her old stuff a memorial laying stone presentation trowel in a presentation box from July 10th 1877 with the name inscribed C.Coates Esq. wondered if it interested anyone or knows anymore about it ?
Land which chapel stands was originally part of the parcel of land known as town close located on west Pringle covering three acres bordering Town street Now Caistor Road
This was sold by William Holt farmer to Samuel Ellis timber merchant
On the 26th May 1876 consideration payment of £280 was transferred and witnessed on this date they agreed a sum of £1876.00 for the three Acre site
On the conveyance dated 1876 there is an additional indenture added dated 9th January 1877 actually written on the back of the document which conveys 480square yards of land 16 yards by 30 yards to the trustees of the primitive Methodist chapel at the time it had a dwelling house and outbuildings upon it formerly occupied by the late Ashton Keal
The land was conveyed to the use of the said trustees and their heirs of the primitive Methodist church by Samuel Ellis via a man standing indenture , the land donated by Samuel Ellis remained on the original deeds of Town close held by Samuel Ellis which he then sold in 1891 to George Hewitt and a later transactions from George Hewitt to Thomas Wood in 1903 and 1906 Thomas wood to Charlotte Bouisa Porter the parcel of land 480 square yards was referenced as part of the Town close land and still on the drawing 3.0.35 used at the time for reference exception notes were made on the abstract title to the property up to 1907 to allocate the 480 yard plot for the chapel trustees use
the 1877 trustees were named as
Henry James Keal of Great Grimsby
John Drury of Laceby blacksmith
The third name is extremely difficult to read possibly records officer Kensons
It would be great to add the names of the 1877 Trustees to this page Kathleen.
I Have information on my deeds of an agreement made in 1877 and the names of the trustees at that time when it was pasture land
Sorry to disappoint you about your great (x4) grandfather Jill, but the 1839 Primitive Methodist magazine report points out that the society bought the land for £21, rather than him giving it.
The first Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1837 or 1839 in what is now known as ‘Old Chapel Road’. It seems to have been replaced by the later chapel in Caistor Road. The Chapel can be seen on the Tithe Map of 1840. The Tithe Award was drawn up on 19 June 1840, and the building (plot 19 on the map) was owned by the Trustees of the Primitive Methodists. If anyone is near Lincolnshire Archives, I believe there might be some records relating to the chapel, including the deeds and names of trustees, which would be fascinating to know. The Chapel was built in a corner of a paddock belonging to Robert Wilson, a farm labourer, who was my great (x4) grandfather. I suspect he might have been a Primitive Methodist himself, and might have given the land for the chapel.
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